Overview

• The G20 Disaster Risk Reduction ministerial in Cape Town adopted the declaration titled Resilience for All, with India credited for a leading role in shaping its commitments.
• P K Mishra called early warning systems strategic investments in resilience and framed them as inclusive, multilingual public goods under the Early Warnings for All initiative.
• India showcased a Common Alert Protocol–compliant Integrated Alert System linking meteorological, hydrological, seismic and oceanographic agencies that has issued over 109 billion alerts.
• India outlined a five-pillar DRR financing strategy tied to a constitutionally anchored Finance Commission model with multi-year, rules-based allocations guided by a national Disaster Risk Index.
• Bilateral meetings with South Africa, Brazil, Australia and the Netherlands focused on capacity building, CDRI engagement, differentiated funding windows and stronger dissemination of early warning technology.